When it rains, it's porous / Concrete-slab driveways may soon be a thing of the past as new paving products address water runoff problems By Judy Richter , Special to The Chronicle Dec 23, 2006 ...

When it comes to popular paver materials, concrete and brick are at the top of the list. ... It's more porous than other ...

This Nov. 24, 2018 photo shows a stone pavers driveway in a residential neighborhood in Dallas, Texas. One driveway at a time, many homeowners and communities are opting for permeable paving ...

The concrete oozed rather than poured out of the mixer truck, almost as if reluctant to cover the ground — partly because it won’t, entirely. Laborers shoveled pebbly gobs around to for… ...

New England's largest city uses porous asphalt and concrete in various neighborhoods at schools, bike paths, squares and a police station. Boston also uses permeable pavers.

Concrete pavers molded to interlock and create the ideal spacer width work especially well. ... warns that installing a pervious paver driveway is a job best left to pros.

Permeable surfaces like gravel path or porous concrete pavers allow water to percolate, preventing waterlogging rather than hard solid surfaces mortared together where water sits and flows at high ...

Beyond nature-based solutions such as sponge sidewalks, “porous concrete,” or “permeable asphalt” or “pavers with permeable joints” are all types of pavements that can be used to make ...

One driveway at a time, many green-minded homeowners and communities are opting for permeable paving options instead of traditional asphalt.